Brookhaven Lab is establishing itself as a global leader in tackling the challenges of
Big Data, building on our existing expertise, capabilities, and investments in computational
science and data management, and enabling scientific discovery in large-scale experimental environments.

About Us

Building on its capabilities in data-intensive computing and computational
science, Brookhaven National Laboratory has embarked upon a major
Computational Science Initiative.

Advances in computational science, data management and analysis have been
a key factor in the success of Brookhaven Lab's scientific programs at the
Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), the National Synchrotron Light
Source (NSLS), the Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN), and in
biological, atmospheric, and energy systems science, as well as our
collaborative participation in international research endeavors, such as the
ATLAS experiment at Europe's Large Hadron Collider.

The Computational Science Initiative (CSI) brings together under one
umbrella the expertise that has driven this success to foster
cross-disciplinary collaborations to address the next generation of
scientific challenges posed by facilities such as the new National
Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II). A particular focus of CSI's work will
be the research, development and deployment of novel methods and algorithms
for the timely analysis and interpretation of high volume, high velocity,
heterogeneous scientific data created by experimental, observational and
computational facilities to accelerate and advance scientific discovery. CSI
is hereby taking an integrated approach, providing capabilities from leading
edge research to multi-disciplinary teams that deliver operational data
analysis capabilities to the scientific user communities.

Enabling Capabilities

Computer Science and Mathematics—fundamental
research into novel methods and algorithm in support of large-scale,
multi-modal, and streaming data analysis. Novel solutions for long term
data curation and active reuse. Approaches to enable energy efficient,
extreme-scale numerical modeling specifically in computational materials
science, chemistry, lattice quantum chromo dynamics and fusion.

The BNL Scientific Data and Computing Center, housing the latest systems in high-performance
and data-intensive computing, data storage, and networking, offering everything from novel
research platforms to highly reliable production services.

Translational Capabilities

The Computational Science Laboratory, a collaborative space for the development of advanced
algorithms and their characterization and optimization, also brings together computer scientists,
mathematicians, and leading computational scientists to develop next-generation numerical
simulation models

The Center for Data Driven Discovery (C3D), a multi-disciplinary center for the development,
deployment, and operation of data-intensive discovery services for science, national security,
and industry

A Multi-disciplinary, Collaborative Approach

The CSI philosophy is a multi-disciplinary and collaborative approach to scientific research
and development, with research targeted at and informed by the key challenges observed in close
interactions with our clients in science, national security agencies, and industry. Our success
is measured in equal parts by the advancement we can bring to computer science and mathematics,
as well as by the transformational impact we have on our clients’ mission space.

The CSI brings together under one umbrella the expertise that fosters cross-disciplinary
collaboration and makes optimal use of existing technologies, while also leading the development
of new tools and methods that will benefit science both within and beyond the Laboratory. Key
partners include nearby universities such as Columbia, Cornell, New York University, Stony Brook,
and Yale, as well as IBM Research.

Strategic Partnerships

Brookhaven's computational scientists are looking to establish
partnerships with key players in academia and industry (e.g. Stony Brook
University’s Institute for Advanced Computational Science, Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, IBM, and Intel). An example of a successful partnership is the collaboration of
Brookhaven Lab’s high-energy and nuclear physics research groups with IBM
that led to the development of the BlueGene supercomputing architecture now
used on the world’s most powerful commercially available supercomputers.

One of ten national laboratories overseen and primarily funded by the Office of Science of the
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Brookhaven National Laboratory conducts research in the physical,
biomedical, and environmental sciences, as well as in energy technologies and national security.
Brookhaven Lab also builds and operates major scientific facilities available to university, industry
and government researchers. Brookhaven is operated and managed for DOE's Office of Science by Brookhaven
Science Associates, a limited-liability company founded by the Research Foundation for the State
University of New York on behalf of Stony Brook University, the largest academic user of Laboratory
facilities, and Battelle, a nonprofit applied science and technology organization.